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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Jackson, MS

May 28, 1998Lawrence County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1998, 6:23 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1998, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1998, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1888 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1998-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 282323 RRA
SVRJAN
MSC077-290010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
623 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 710 PM CDT

* AT 622 PM CDT... RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  5 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO                  BY 635 PM CDT
  SILVER CREEK                BY 700 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

75

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANYazoo50 min
May 28, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMontgomery49 min
May 28, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeflore51 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHinds, Madison48 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw49 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWebster47 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.